Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-11

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feet that this road would only be car
riel to the foothills. 1t was Away
contemplated to carry it beyond the
| lnountai e, and the question OF ex
pense would not interfere with 1T
completion. The country, he felt as
-ured. would fully justify the outlay
1t was rapidly becoming one oi TIT
most prosperous and fully developef
portions Of the state, and transporta
t IL facil ties for its industries were
lmperatively demanded. 1t had beer
h- po icv OF the Southern Pacific It
throw ont branch lines wherever the
need fr them was apparent. I'M
D ,licy, he tad no doubt, would be
ris ~ adhered to
The GA from Willows toward Men
do II oc unity, up the Napa valley, IL
.lready graded and is ready for track
aying. The road from Napa June.
10 to Santa Rosa has been greatly
retarded hy the difficulties attending
he construction of the drawbridge
over Napt creek. These diflicultie,
Nere now, however. in q measure
overcome. and would no longer etan'l
in the way OF the eAily completion
the road
Thes, lines, taken as a whole, de-
velup scheme of railroad extension
hv ~ single company that has but few
if any parallels in the history of rail
road prog ess in the United States.
rhry covor an area of territory and
volve a milea-e that would as
SURELY tax the resources and enter
prise o. those ouo>t noted for push
and determination. "This." said Nh
tr3cker, sis simply bird'>-eye view
Of tie plans we laid out. They
are not plans on paper mere
ly. but indicate actual WORK
which we propose to perform. In ra-
swct to $outhern California, the
country ia becoming navel of de-
velopment and prog ess, and needs
all, and mole than ali, the roa Is We
have resolved 10 build. the roads
themsel es. however, when com
plete /, will 'rgely assist in this Won
derful osreSs, and it will bs our in
tere- \ as vel as inclination to keep
up with the public requirements"
There were some other plans which
Mr.. Crorker outl ned which, while
not exactly coming under the subject
of railroad extension. h We very ma
teiial connection with it. These had
reference t. the bull ling pf nav
uhar>es at Oakland, Port Costa and
Wilmington. Those now in use are
entirely inadequate for the amount OF
business done on 10 ii. 1t Is in
tended to make very extensive aldi-
tons to tn ese wharves, and where ad-
vis4ble to buill new ones.
The work here, as we'll as on the
projected lines OF railroads, will be
pro>ecutei as rapidly as possible.
A Threatened Blockade at Og den.
The reports from Ogden concerning
a freight blockade are most emphatic.
ally denied by the officials in this city.
The following dispatch was received
yesterday forenoon in regard to the
matter:
SAN Francisco, December 10.
Mr. Al J. Hechtmaa. Agent Northe,7,
Pucifc Railroad, Los angeles, CaL ::
There is no blockade, but only a
great orer-rush of freight on the
Northern line. The Southern Pacific
Company have sent fifteen OF their
largest Ell ines to clear the way, and
We are assured that all freight will be
moving and the tracks clear by Suu-
day night. D. W. HIr, HcocK,
General Agent.
Mr.. G. T. Smurr, General Freight
and Passenger Agent, and Mr.. j. A.
Muir, Assistant Division Superintend-
ent uf the southern Pacific Company,
were seen yesterday afternoon by a
HERALD representative and said:
There is no blockade at Ogden.
only the freigh, is coming in most
too rapidly. We will not have much
trouble in handling it, for we sent
fifteen engines there to-day. There is
a lot OF G al at Ogden that belongs to
the company, and We cannot SPAR
engines from our freight trains to
move it and that is how the idea of
freight hlm.kade originated
Mr.. S,'yler, the Southern Pacific
d.Siit Natiti " y diC ilot
great trouble, an certainly no delays
in Lns Angeles freight. We received
Yesterday freisht from New York tn t
was on the way only sixteen iys, and
some from St. Louis that was out
only ten days; that is surely quick
ou.h time. Not single complaint
has hcen received from Los Angeles
and there will not he any,
because there will be no delay"
Mr.. Will amson Dunn, General
Agent of the Santa Fe, said; The
thre It e hlocki' Q only the result
Df too much freight. and, il it CAUSES
any Inconvenience to Los Angeles con-
signees, they should be ,r it with pa
tience, for they can have no i'iea OF
the amount Of freight there is to be-
handled. | think without doubt
that the present trou lie is owing TO
the refusal of the Santa Fo route to
re eive any more freight until the
present hlorkale is cleared entirely
away. One road cannot handle all
the husines., and il the Southern P,t-
cific Company tries it, they will most
likely meet with great deal OF
trouble.
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